On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:50:39 +1000, yudi v wrote: > Disk utility tells that there are bad sectors on the new hard drive.
"New" driver with bad sectors? What is the output of "smartctl -a /dev/sda" > I had the same issue before and I was about to send it back to get it > replaced. I wrote random data to the drive and then checked once more to > make sure it had bad sectors. This time Disk utility came back saying > that the drive is fine, no bad sectors. > > So I reinstalled Debian and Win 7 with the same configuration. After > installing again I checked the drive and Disk utility reported no bad > sectors. I have been using it for over a month and now I have the same > problem. Disk utility reports that there are bad sectors. > > I am not sure what's going on. > How can I conclusively confirm that this disk has bad sectors? (...) I'd use the manufacturer's disk utility to run a deep offline SMART test. But to be sincere, I would simply request for a hard disk replacement, you will rest more relaxed after that :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.09.09.14.06...@gmail.com
